BlackBerry 9320 Announcement Appeals to Low-End: What You Need to Know
Only last week, at the beginning of May, after unveiling BlackBerry 10 and the release of developer devices, did RIM unveil the Curve 9320. The phone runs BlackBerry OS 7.1 and includes the customary QWERTY keyboard synonymous with BlackBerry, but looks to be almost identical to the device’s which have Specifications The phone…
International contest for Mass. robotics students
NEW BEDFORD, Mass.At a time of year when many teens are counting the days until summer break, the students in the robotics class at New Bedford High School are gearing up for their biggest test of the year: an international competition in Florida next month. A five-student team –…
BlackBerry 7 smartphones approved for DOD use
Computerworld – Research in Motion’s BlackBerry 7 smartphones have been approved for use by Department of Defense operations, the company announced. The DOD approval will enable Army and other U.S. military personnel to utilize several features in the BlackBerry 7, including voice-activated universal search, Near Field Communication, augmented reality and social…
Report: HP Getting Back in the Tablet Game with Windows 8
Hewlett-Packard has apparently licked its wounds from last year’s TouchPad debacle and is gearing up to enter the consumer tablet market once again, the Bangkok Post reported Friday. The computer maker wants back in on “extraordinary growth in tablet sales,” HP chief executive Meg Whitman told the audience at the…
Comcast, TiVo Complete VOD Rollout In San Francisco
Comcast and TiVo now offer access to the MSO’s video-on-demand library to any cable subscriber in the San Francisco Bay Area using a TiVo Premiere digital video recorder, and the duo plan to expand the feature to additional markets in the coming months, according to a regulatory filing by the…
Windows 8 Upgrade Offer Might Not Be Free
Microsoft might not offer free Windows 8 upgrades to customers who buy new PCs in the months before the new operating system launches. Instead, Microsoft will charge a fee for the so-called “Windows 8 Offer,” according to Mary Jo Foley at CNet. Foley’s sources claim that anyone who buys a new In…
Study: iOS Surpasses Android in Enterprise Usage
Consumerization trends in the enterprise shifted dramatically in the first quarter of 2012, with mobile devices running Apple’s iOS operating system showing more activity in the workplace than those running Google’s Android, as well as end users migrating from Facebook and toward Twitter. RELATED:Analysts weigh in: How to prep for Apple…
Smartphone App, Social Network Helps Kids Fight Fat
An anonymous social networking website, with an accompanying smartphone app, seemed to help obese youths lose weight without fear of public ridicule, a researcher said. Those who used the site, weigh2rock.com, self-reported a mean weight loss of 7.4 pounds, and those who used the partner app reported losing a mean…
Nokia bails out of London free WiFi service
BELEAGURED FINNISH PHONE FIRM Nokia has backed out of a project to offer free WiFi in London just six months after launching the scheme. As we reported last year, Nokia kicked off the trial in conjunction with WiFi provider Spectrum Interactive and location-based advertising firm Selective Media to provide free…
BlackBerry 7 Smartphones Approved for DOD Use
Research in Motion’s BlackBerry 7 smartphones have been approved for use by Department of Defense operations, the company announced. The DOD approval will enable Army and other U.S. military personnel to utilize several features in the BlackBerry 7, including voice-activated universal search, Near Field Communication, augmented reality and social networking feeds,…
